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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Lexington Advertiser.
THE COTTON SEED OIL TRUST.
A Pool TO Build Competing Mills.


Galveston, Feb. 2S.-In an inter.
view this afternoon. P. ID. Armour,
the well.known Chicago packer,
stated to q representative of the
Associated Press that a company
would be organized next week in
Chicago with several million dol.
lars capital for the purpose of i'm
mediately erecting throughout the
South twelve gigantic cotton seed
oil mills. Mr.. Armour and his
partners will hold u controlling
interest In the big company.
The associated stockholders
will comprise about all the leading
soap manufacturers in the United
States. The entire output of oil
from the mills will be taken by the
stockholders and utilized in their
factories and lard.rendering estab-
lishments.
Mr.. Armour stated that his firm
alone consumed one.fitth of the
present output Of cotton seed oil
The new enterprise was brought
about primarily by the competing
attitude assumed by the Ameri
can Cotton Oil Trust Company
toward Armour & Co. and other
lard manufacturers.
The Oil Trust Company some
time ago purchased the rendering
establishments OF Fairbanks & Co.
and Washington Butchers Sons,
at Chicago.
This entrance Of an oil company
into the domain of pork and lard
now eliminates in the formation
of this gigantic competing corpo'
ration in the cotton oil business.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
An Ingenious Libel.

Tho cuteness of the heathen
Chinee was strikingly exemplilled
the other day at Shanghai. A Chi.
naman, having. at grudgo against
another, wrote an article full Of
violent personal attack and impu.
tation, and took it to one after the
other of the two native papers.
Both refused to insert what was
clearly libelous document. The
Ohlnaman retired and thought the
matter over. The next day he
went to one of the papers and of.
fered them an advertisement,
simply saying that person of en-.
tirely bad character had commit.
ted such crimes. AS no name,
date or other indication of person.
ality was given the advertisement
was accepted and inserted.
Upon the following day an ad.
vertisement appeared in the other
paper to the effect that the person
who inserted the first advertise.
ment ought to be ashamed of him.
for blackening the character of 80
good man as so-and-so mention.
ing the name and abode of the per.
son defamed-thereby calling the
attention of the Chinese reading
public to the libelous attack. The
victim found that he could obtain
no redress whatever. He could
not bring an action against the
first paper, for there was neither
name nor address given, and he
had no proof whatever that II re-.
ferred to him. Still less could he
obtain damages from the other pa.
per, since their advertisement was
of complimentary character and
he had no cause whatever to com.
plain of it. The idea is q highly
ingenious one, but we should ques.
tion whether, in An English court
of law, the person who inserted the
two advertisements would find bis
position altogether impregnable.-
London Standard.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
The New York Southern Society.

WashIngton's birthday was CON-
memorated by brilliant banquet
gwen by the above society. And
the New Sun of the day following
reported the proceedings and
speeches in full; from which we
copy the speech of our friend aud
fellow countyman, Capt. Jno. @.
Calhoun:
John @. Calhoun, yice.president,
said: "Roeked in the cradle of
Democracy as l was, and launched
into manhood upon the doctrines
of State Rights, l entered the
army of the Confederacy at the
battle of Fort Sumter to contend
for my convictions. To the last,
and up to the day of the surrender
Of Johnson's army, | felt, like
thousands of others, l had only
done my duty. From that day,
however, a new era dawned upon
me, and l realized that the forces
which had existed in the South,
and which had caused us to desire
a separate government, had van
lshed, and that we people Of the
South were more interested in the
preservation of the Union than
any other section of our common
country. We meet tonight at the
first of what we trust will be o
long series of brilliant dinners. 1t
is natural that our thoughts should
turn to that beloved section of
our common country In which we
first drew breath, and from which
We drew the inspiration of our
actions. How dearly we love it |!
How justly we love it! How
proudly we love it! 1t is hardly
necessary for me to tell you that
l always have been a Southerner,
dyed in the wool, in the great con-
troversy as to constitutional inter-
probation which divided the two
sections and ultimated in civil war.
] drank in the Southern side with
my mothers milk. BY conviction,
by affection, by pride ] was enlis.
ted in the cause of the South, in
peace and in war. This is now a
thing of the past and the contro.
versy is at an end. Nearly three
years ago l moved to this city. |
have found that hospitality and
courtesy arc not the exclusive
property of the South. l have
not In all my intercourse with the
people of New York found any
reason or pretext for our being O
divided people; on the contrary,
1 believe we only need to know
each other to be unlted.n
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
A Case Of Hydr0pk0bia.
Especial to the Appeal

lRPOttut w INV <ADHpuhI
Cotton Plant, Miss, Feb. 3d.
The first death of q human being
from hydrophobia in this county
occurred on Sunday night, the
Goth instant, at 8 o'clock. On the
night of the 18th of December last
Mr.. II. A. Hanks was awakened by
the howls of his small dog, and
thinking it was fastened between
two palings of tho yard fence he
got up and went out, carrying his
Ak along to knock off the paling.
The night was tolerably dark, but,
guided by the howls of his dog, he
walked out to where it was, when
he was Immediately attacked by a
medium sized dog, which had been
fighting his own dog. After strik.
ing at it several times with his ak
the dog succeeded in biting him
on the right hand, inficting a very
ugly wound, and then got away
and was not heard of any more.
Mr.. Hanks was q little uneasy
about himself, aud as the bite gave
him considerable pain he decided
to go to a mad stone, and acting
accordingly, on the Goth he went
to Holly Springs and had a mad
stone applied to the bite. | am
informed that the stone stuck
about forty. eight hours. After re.
turning home he expressed no
more fears as to the effects of the
bite, but went ahead with his Gus
tomary business until Thursday
the seventeenth day of this
month, when he complained ol
feeling unwell, and on attempting
to take a drink of water In the
afternoon found he could moi
drink. Medical assistance waE
called in, but he kept growing
worse, and said his right arm gave
him great pain. He could moi
bear the sight of any liquids, ant
but very little noise would throw
him into commissions. During
Saturday and Sunday he had sew
eral hard fits, and had to be KEEP
tied hand and foot to the bed
stead. While the fits were on hin
he would foam at the mouth ant
make noise resembling the barl
of a dog, and his sufferings wer'
fearful to witness. Between fit
he seemed perfectly rational, ant
talked senslbly, but kept contin
ually licking out his tongue, AM
SAID he had bad taste in hil
mouth. He died little sooner
than was expected, but death t.
any one in his condition was
mercy at any time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Defeated by A Broken Type.

A contested election case will
result from a broken type In Pitts
burg. Henry Barlow was a candi'
date at the recent election In the
Goth ward, but was declared de-
feated by the returning board.
When the ballots were printed for
the second district the letter II.
of Henry was partly broken on,
and only made short stroke, and
the ballot read enry Barlow.
Forty of these votes were cast and
not counted on the return sheet.
These would have elected him.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Ice Of Final Account.

rATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
IL. Walcott. Jessie i. Wal
cher Walcott. Walter X. Wal
William Ii. Walcott heirs at
/. q. Walcott, deceased.
commanded to appear before
tery Court Of the county OF
IN In said State on the second
/ April 1887, to show cause II
khe final account Off. 5. Avis
htor of the estate Oft. G. Wal
ased. should not be allowed
finally discharged from said
)tion.
)S7 c. NJ. johnson,
n Clerk,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05

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Feb, 20.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Reply to Col. Fred Grant,

Washington, Feb. 13.-In regard
to the letter of Colonel +. ID.
Grant, of February s, to Major
w. @. Carroll, of Baltimore, Gen.
eral BOyntOn says:
Colonel Grant seems to forget
the publication of the letters of
General Rawlins and other facts
related thereto was in reply to an
attack upon the gentlemen con-
nected with the Commercial Ga.
zette, initiated and conducted by
those who assume to be the friends
Of General Grant, and that il was
carried on by them with much bit.
terness for a year and half. He
fOrgets that it was based upon a
private letter of Mr.. Halstead's,
written during the war, conveying
to a Cabinet officer some very
startling facts in regard to the
habits of the commanding General
on the Mississippi, which it was
proper to communicate, and most
important to have privately known
He seems also to forget that these
private letters of General Raw.
lins. admitted to be correct in the
very letter which he now con.
demns, fully establish the correct.
ness of the essential facts thus
privately made known to Mr..
Chase at the time when there was
ample reason to fear that they
might put in peril the safety of
the army.
So long as the newspaper ns.
saults were on one side, and one
side only was dealing in stolen
private letters, and treating them
in the discussion as if the author
had opened a public attack upon
the memory of General Grant, the
contest seemed to afford general
and prolonged amusement to all
concerned in carrying 1t on, but
since those attacks have turned
upon the field with the conclusive
evidence of the Rawlins letters
upon the main points of the con
troversy, there has been much to
say of assaults ON dead heroes
and of assassins of character
The discussion is not a pleasan
one, but from the first 1t has beer
forced by those who assume to b
tho friends of General Grant. Il
has now reached stage where
it rests with them to say whether
it shall 60 on until the sorrowfu
array of details but partially out
lined by the Rawlins letters, be
como a part of the unquestionet
history of the war. There arr
countless homes of mourning il
the land In which, in view of th,
revelations of those letters, tn,
question will inevitably arise whe
ther the death shadow did not fal
upon them because of orders
which should not have been given
or blunders which clear head
would not have made. There Ii
something due to these heroes
and to those who gave them tC
the country. The least of all
which the country owes them Is
that war history shall be uthfully
written.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
|uiay Of March, 1887, next,

Dit, title and interest of the de-
N. w. Stone, in and to the fol-
>operty, to-wit: East half of
n section 20 and west half of
pf section 25, all in township
west.
De having been levied upon as
rty of the defendant, W. w.
will be sold to satisfy plain
and all costs.
w. L. HUNT,
|eriff of Washington County.
|McCutchen, Dep. Tfebl2-n30,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
A SHARP TRICK.
detroit Tribune.I

Detroit Tribune.l
Half dozen farmers were talk
ing shop at a hotel not far from
the market. Among other sub
jeets of rural interest that of horse
thieves was introduced. Said one
Of them:
81 learned q good scheme by
mighty dear experience, which
think was worth the price. About
six months ago a young fellow
drove up to my gate with as likely
bay colt as you'd see in q month,
hItched to a light spring wagon.
He cot out, and walking over to
me, asked the way TO the nearest
blacksmith shop. told him il was
five miles, and by the time he got
there the shop would he closed.
You'll see as I 20 on how nicely
bit. Well, he said he was q barbed
wire fence man, and had bought
a colt which he was afraid was too
young to stand the long drives he
had to take. Anyway, she had
cast shoe, and he'd got to make
Pontiac that night, so he'd trade
for my watch.eyed chestnut mare
that was in the barn.yard, and
thirty.tive dollars to boot, insight
aud unseen.
"My hoss was a good locker,
and his asking such a boot fooled
me completely. We stood there
dickerin' for half au hour, and n.
nally come down to fifteen dollars
boot, and | took him up. We
made the swap and he drove away.
al kept the colt for ten days,
just lickin' my chops over the bar
gain I'D made, when up drives two
men with a big bay team. They
got out and came in, and one OF
'em said:
My names 49,; | live up in
Lapeer county. This man is the
sheriff. We've come down lookin
for a bay colt, four years past, IF
teen and an inch high, white star
in forehead, clean limbed and high
headed stolen from my farm three
weeks ago. | understand thai
you've bought such a colt
With that he gave me a dodgel
describing the colt to hair.
swell, gentlemen" says l, g.
have bought a colt that fits that
and II you can convince me she'
your'n you can have her, for I'm
a square man."
"Then the man that done til,
talkin' before spoke up and says
"If that colt aint got thre'
cent piece In her neck she ain
mine.'
"Done," says /.
ave all walked out of the barr
together; he kind o. felt along tn,
colts neck, took out q pen.knife
cut through the skin like a flash
and then showed me in his hand {
silver three cent piece all ovel
blood.
al always mark my colts that
way says he.
81 liked that colt so we'll that
just went down In my pocket and
bought her over again for one
hundred and fifty dollars. t
60 That's thunderin' good way
to mark o hoss, said a by.stander.
Did you ever catch the fellow
you traded with y
"Yes,' was the answer; "about
a week later ho drew up to my
door with the chestnut, and made
an awful kick because the critter
had the staggers. l jumped on
him for tradin me a stolen boss,
and inside of two hours he took
me to a bank in town and proved
to me who he was, and that he
owned the colt fair and square.
I've always thought sence that
the three cent piece came out OF
the mans pocket"
|
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
reu orleans and GFeenvIii'
packet,
h. Swift and Reliable
Il .rPARGOUD.

Los. Master. CURT LEWIS, Clerk.
4 leaves New Orleans for Green
Willie every THURSDAY at .
ives Greenville for New Or
4 SUNDAY at 10 a. N.
'iine reserves the right to pass
|that the Captains may eonsid-
| Passengers to New Orleans
tning time, avoiding Railroad
expense. The fare and gen-
<u. .odations cannot be excelled.
{oats do not run here only
Rhe cotton season ; bnt also
e dull months, to serve a pub
hence; which shippers should
D reciprocate.
Fht or passage apply on board
Dorwart, Supt. Merchants
Greenyille, Miss.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Monday Of April Next.

ght, title and interest of the de-
J. A. Stinson, in and to the fol-
Ldescribed property, to- wit (:
be east half of northwest quar-
oorthwest quarter of northwest
u section 81, township l6, range
pntaining 60 acres, all In said
md State.
fne having been levied upon as
perty of the defendant, J. A..
and Will be sold to satisfy plain
pm, and all costs.
4, W. E. HUNT.
Pheritf of Washington county.
McCutchen, Dep. [feb 29-n32.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
|Citation Notice,

|te of Mississippi,
: :; s.,ss,'' S...sss. Bill Of Divorce.
TO Joseph Beordon.
re commanded to appear before
encery Court Of the county of
gton, in said State. on the Sec
Pnday of April, 1887, to defend
IN said court Of Geraline Bear
perein you are defendant.
ess my signature. this 25th day
Fuarv 1887.
G. NJ. JOHNSON. tlerk.
a. e. Paxton. Solicitor.
n32 l-w.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
)HERIFT'S SALE.

MISSISSIPPI,
ngton county.f
hgton Circuit Court, to May
Term, 1857.
4 Lewis Hord
VS.. Fl. Fa.
W. w. Stone.
Ae of the above execution, to
ed, l shall expose to public
door of the Court House in
within the hours prescribed
the highest bidder, for cash,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
SHERlTT'S SALE.

p OF MISSISSIPPI,
pgton County.
pngton Circuit Court, to May
Term, 1887.
!; E ||;i'.,s' q .''''} Fl r-.
|ue Of the above execution, to
Pted, | shall expose to public
be door Of the Court House in
|e, within the hours prescribed
p the highest bidder, for cash,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
bndsy, 7th day Of March. 1887.

Pit, title and interest ofthe de-
Richard and Mary Walker in
Ping described property, to-wit:
th east quarter of Lot 8, being
sion 80 by 100 feet, Block 2.
klition, In the City of Green
Ellington county, Mississippi (;
east quarter of Lot 8, Block
Third Addition of the Town
Eille, fronting Theobold ave-
et and extending back on par
100 feet; the same having
led on as the property of the
ndants, and will be sold to sat
Iffs claim and all costs.
W. X. GILDART,
and ex-offlcio Con-
Feb l2-n30
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05

Rent and Share Contracts, Of
approved form, for sale at TIMES
Office.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Delta Land Agency.

GNEENVILIE, MISSiNSIFPI, M
will hereafter devote my entire at.
location Of lands for those desiring to
settle or invest in the Yazoo-Delta. l
am familiar with the lands throughout
this section of the State and win an.
swer all correspondence, furnish any
information, or make any examination
and location of lands desired. Planta-
tions also bought, sold and leased.
q. NJ. HELM,
Real Estate Agent and Civil Engineer
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Unstable Sale.

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI |
Washington County.
ian Smith & Co. !
vs..
hd Mary Walker.
Court, d. B. O'Bannon, 81 Dis
Pt, Washington county.
he Of an execution in the above
bling out of the above court to
ed, ! will expose to public sale
n of the. Court House in Green
eissippi, within the hours pre-
law, to the highest bidder for
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
Vicksburg and Greenvllle
Packet.
q. s. MAIL.
II and reliable steamer
.AOU e n A''

Smith, ...............C Clerk.
Leaves vicksburg every Mon
ay, Wednesday and Saturday
/ Returning leaves Greenville
Ssday, Thursday and Sunday
p. m.
MT or passage apply on board,
Dorwart, Supt. Merchants
Greenville. fully l, 'S2
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-03-05
ALLEN SEED.

Greenville, Miss, Dec. 3, 1886.
This is to certify that have bought
some of Major Helms Allen Cotton
raised on his Austin Deadening place,
and that the staple measured ONE INCH
AND FIvE-EIGHTHs.
ROBERT S. DAY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-18
A Business-like Offer.

For many years the manufacturers of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy have offered,
in good faith, $500 reward for a case OF
Nasal Catarrh which they cannot cure. The
remedy is sold by druggists at only so
cents. This wonderful remedy has fairly
attained a worldwide reputation. If you
have dull, heavy headache, obstruction OF
the nasal passages, discharges falling from
the head into the throat, sometimes pro-
fuse, watery, and acrid, at Others, thick,
tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and
putrid; if the eyes are weak, watery and
infiamed; if there is a ringing in the ears,
deafness, hacking or coughing to clear the
throat, e~xpectorstion of offensive matter,
together with scabs from ulcers; the voice
being changed and has a nasal twang;
the breath offensive; smell and taste i'm
paired; sensation Of dizziness, with mental
depression, a hacking cough and general
debility, you are suffering from nasal ca
tarrah. The imore complicated your dis
ease; the greater the number and diversity
OF symptoms. Thousands of cases annu.
ally, without maDifesting half of the
above symptoms, result in consumption,
and end in the grave. No disease is 80
common, more deceptive and dangerous,
or less understood, or more unsuccessfully
treated by physicians.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-18
MISTAKE.
I.ebau Mercer Not Dead, rs Rsportsd-A
Number Of Papers Deceived.

an. Mercer Not Dead, a. Rsportsd-A
number Of Papers Decsived.
|, turns ont that Leban Mercer, Of Pleas
ant, county, whom some Of the newspapers
of this State have been reporting for the
mast two or three weeks as dead, and haV'
inc made a death bed confession, is not
dead, but Is still living and fairly well Tor
an old man Of sixty and upwards- Being
among the living. it is'fair to presume that
the report of his alleged confession upon
his death bed, duplicating himself in the
murder of John Gamble, isin fact also with
out foundation
The REGISTER, relying upon the aecu.
racy of the current report Of his death and
confession. referred to the same IN last
sundays issue, in connection with some
interesting "reminiscences OF the memorable
trial wherein Mercer was arrested for the
mprder of Gamble and subsequently, &C
united because the evidence did not sus
tain the charge.
1t is only right that the death and con
fession feature OF the story, which Is nm
true, should be corrected, and the KEGS
TER takes pleasure in so doing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-18
DEATHS WORK.

DIR. j. b. Reed Passes Away After q
Lingering Illness
After a long an d tedious illness, DR.. J,
B. Reed, one Of wheeling's most promi'
nent physicians and respected citizens,
passed away last night st l045 o'clock,
surrounded by his heart-brokeR family.
DR.. Reed was taken with typhoid fever,
some tSp weeks since, and was OIL a fair
way to recover, when he met with q re-
lapse, and gradually sanE lower and lower,
and for some weeks past his life has been
despaired of. Even then he might have
recovered, but a complication OF diseases
set in, the seEerest OF which was blood
poisoning, and his wasted vitality was in
capable Of overcoming these additional
drains upon mis- system, the result being q
lingering death.
DR.. Reed came to Wheeling about seven
or eight years ago, and his gentlemanly,
genial ways and ability rs a practi-
toner gained for him a good practice,
which rapidly grew larger, and while it
was q ldGTstiye one, he often attended des-
titute sick peTsOGs iFop whom he never ex-
peeted to receive any m0Getary returns.
He wa a whOle-souled, generous ma, AID
while the bereayed family is depriv-
ed Of q kind, loving husband
and indnlSent father, the community loses
a citizen such 81 she can i'll afford to spare,
and one whose friends are legion. The
bereaved wife and family Of four daughters
and one son have the sincere sympathy OF
the community. DR.. Reed was a member
of the Board of School Commissioners from
the Fifth ward. He Wal also q member OF
the Second Presbyterian Church, and his
pastor, DR.. W. H. Cooke, was with him in
his last moments.